EU (European Union) Digital TV News

ZON TV Cabo pay TV share drops below 50% in Portugal
May 30, 2013 – According to Portugal's Autoridade Nacional de Comunicações (ANACOM), the country had 3.13 million pay TV subscribers at the end of Q1 2013, seven thousand more than in the previous quarter, and 3.2 percent more than at the end of the same quarter of 2012.
News categories: ANACOM, Cable TV, IPTV, Market Research, Portugal, Satellite, Subscribers

Bulgaria's Satellite BG to close
May 30, 2013 – Bulgarian satellite TV platform Satellite BG has announced that it will close on June 1, 2013. Satellite BG is recommending Vivacom TV as an alternative provider.
News categories: Satellite BG, Vivacom, Bulgaria, Digital TV, Satellite

100,000 subscribers for Antenna Hungária's MinDig TV Extra
May 29, 2013 – Antenna Hungária has reported that the number of users of its free-to-air MinDig TV service has exceeded 350 thousand, while the number of subscribers to its MinDig TV Extra pay-TV offering has reached a new milestone of one hundred thousand.
News categories: Antenna Hungária, Hungary, Subscribers, Terrestrial

SES continues to grow its household reach in Benelux
May 27, 2013 – SES (Paris;LuxX:SESG) has announced that it has further increased its household reach in the Benelux countries in 2012 to over 1.2 million homes. With a 19 percent increase compared to the previous year, Belgium topped the Benelux growth in ASTRA satellite homes.
News categories: SES S.A, Belgium, Luxembourg, Market Research, Netherlands, Satellite, Subscribers

Freesat satellite TV launches in Romania
May 24, 2013 – A new satellite television service has launched in Romania. The service, called Freesat, is broadcasting on Eutelsat 16A at 16°E, and offers all the main Romanian TV channels for an annual fee of 99 lei, using a pre-paid card.
News categories: Freesat, Conditional Access, Digital TV, Romania, Satellite

Over 6 million pay TV subscribers in Romania at end-2012
May 23, 2013 – According to statistical data reported to the communications regulator, ANCOM, in 2012 the number of pay TV subscribers in Romania exceeded 6 million - a penetration rate of over 85%.
News categories: ANCOM, Cable TV, Digital TV, IPTV, Market Research, Romania, Satellite, Subscribers

Pathé partners with Xstream for Widevine DRM on iOS and Android devices
May 21, 2013 – Xstream has announced that Pathé Thuis, one of Holland's leading online video-on-demand services, has selected Xstream to implement and deliver Widevine DRM for iOS and Android content delivery.
News categories: Widevine, Xstream, Pathé Thuis, Content Protection, DRM, Netherlands, Smartphone, Streaming, Tablet

Vodafone to use Deutsche Telekom network for IPTV in Germany
May 16, 2013 – Vodafone Germany has announced a next-generation network access agreement with Deutsche Telekom (DT) which will allow Vodafone to offer high-speed fixed-line broadband and internet protocol-based TV (IPTV) services across Germany.
News categories: Vodafone, Deutsche Telekom, Broadband, Content Distribution, Digital TV, Germany, IPTV

Vivendi (Canal+, GVT) releases first quarter 2013 results
May 14, 2013 – Vivendi has released its first quarter 2013 results. At the end of March 2013, Canal+ Group's total subscription portfolio was up 285,000 year-on-year, thanks to good performances in the Canal+ Overseas territories, in particular in Africa and Vietnam.
News categories: Vivendi, Canal+ Group, GVT, Africa, Brazil, France, IPTV, Poland, Results, Satellite, Subscribers, Vietnam